Senior Project/Turnaround Manager

Location: Remote (with occasional onsite meetings in Zurich)
Contract Duration: June 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027
Workload: Full-time (100%)
Industry: Industrial Manufacturing / B2B Production
Important Requirement

Please note: Candidates must be based within the European Union (EU). Applications from candidates outside the EU cannot be considered for this assignment.

About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Project & Turnaround Manager to lead the recovery and transformation of several critical digital initiatives across Digital Commerce and Digital Customer Experience.

This role is suited for a seasoned leader with extensive experience managing large-scale, complex international programs and successfully turning around challenged projects. The successful candidate will work closely with executive stakeholders, business teams, enterprise architecture, vendors, and delivery organizations to stabilize delivery, improve operational effectiveness, and drive strategic transformation initiatives.

The environment is global, multicultural, and technologically complex, requiring strong leadership, resilience, and the ability to influence across multiple management layers.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Turnaround Management

• Lead turnaround and recovery efforts for failing projects and programs

  Drive delivery governance, accountability, and execution across multiple initiatives

  Manage large-scale global programs involving distributed and intercultural teams

  Operate effectively in hybrid delivery environments combining classic and agile methodologies

  Improve project execution standards, including reporting, testing, governance, and delivery processes

  Coordinate across three management layers to ensure timely and high-quality delivery

  Steer Enterprise and Solution Architecture alignment throughout implementations

Digital Commerce Transformation

• Improve and streamline digital sales strategies and sales processes

  Align and optimize the digital commerce technology landscape

  Oversee initiatives related to:

  Configurators

  Pricing systems

  Quotation platforms

  Digital sales platforms

  Introduce and improve application performance monitoring capabilities

  Enhance operational effectiveness within the “Business as Usual” organization

Digital Customer Experience

• Drive initiatives to unify digital customer experiences across platforms

  Oversee integration and consolidation of multiple customer portals

  Guide implementation oversight for Adobe Experience Manager initiatives

  Ensure alignment between business objectives and customer-facing digital solutions

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience managing complex global programs and projects

  Proven experience in turnaround management and recovering failing initiatives

  Strong background in Digital Commerce and Digital Customer Experience programs

  Experience within B2B industrial or production environments (non-B2C)

  Demonstrated ability to influence senior business stakeholders and external vendors

  Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities

  Experience steering globally distributed teams in complex matrix organizations

  High level of resilience, ownership, and execution focus

Desired Skills

• Strategy development and transformation leadership

  Vendor and partner management

  Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

  Ability to establish structure and improve ways of working

  Experience balancing operational and strategic priorities

Technology & Tooling

Required / Preferred Exposure

• Microsoft Office Suite

  Azure DevOps (ADO) – user-level knowledge preferred

  Test management tools such as ADO or Panaya – preferred

  SAP – strong conceptual understanding

  Salesforce.com – strong conceptual understanding

  MuleSoft (ETL) – strong conceptual understanding

  Understanding of configurator, pricing, and quotation systems

Contract Details

• Start Date: June 1, 2026

  End Date: March 31, 2027

  Duration: 9 months

  Location: 100% Remote

  Travel: Occasional onsite meetings in Zurich

Interested?

If you are an experienced transformation leader with a track record of stabilizing complex programs and driving digital transformation in global B2B environments, we would like to hear from you.